#“iT's NoT cAnOn!” canon can go fuck itself

[allthegothihopgirls]

baptism anon @ it again. wanted to come back and say i know i said racist undertones but they aren’t exactly UNDERtones there were several times I read something and physically recoiled … also yeah every time i read what you say in response to my asks i giggle and kick my feet emotionally because you GET IT. im reading lonely place of dying next so will send you my thoughts…

also wanted to say yeah i agree on the cane user jason truther thing. and from someone who has had lifelong chronic pain i think the idea of him going from being a happy go lucky kid to being brutally murdered and having all that shit happen to him and then getting dragged back to life only to live in pain and trauma is. interesting (and by that i mean i am shaking like a wet chihuahua)

and on a last note… i have this headcanon that lazarus pits HURT. like hell. i mean you’re being forcibly dragged back to life and i think especially if you had been dead for a while prior to everything, but even if you were killed and thrown in there a few minutes later. not sure why i think this? i think i read a fic where a character was put through it and it reduced them to just sort of sobbing in pain and thrashing like a wounded animal and. i know that isn’t CANON but I think it’s sooooo much more fucked up like that and im a fucked up shit enjoyer. so. thoughts on being revived being incredibly physically painful in and of itself, not even counting the aftermath?

anon you have ME all giddy and kicking my feet giggling when you send asks!!!!

you had me rereading a death in the family AND a lonely place of dying yesterday... and yeah, yikes. unfortunately racism is a common theme for batman comics in general, especially the further back you go. the content of those comics will only get more jarring the longer they've been published.

i 100% agree with the sentiment of jason going from being a 'happy-go-lucky' kid, to brutally dying, and coming back through trials and tribulations, only then forced to live in pain arguably worse. defying the odds, but at what cost???? i can so see how he'd resent it, and even feel an amount of hatred for his circumstances.

i LOVE the idea of resurrection via lazarus pits being an excruciating process.. in hbo titans (i know we all have mixed opinions on it... throw rotten tomatoes at me or something) they explore a similar-ish concept. the resurrection itself is something the victim actually has to fight for (unknowingly), and they're put through trials of their worst memories and fears, having to combat through the mental and physical anguish to be successfully revived, or the resurrection fails and they never emerge from the pit.

i think i enjoy that concept more than the pit causing aimless pain, although i do also think the aftermath of revival should be painful, but in a different way, like a full-body sensation of a wound in it's first stage of healing. almost like they've been revived with a completely new body, one fresh to the world and unfamiliar, it needs breaking in, in order to begin feeling comfortable to live in. and in the meantime, EVERYTHING is going to hurt.

similar to a butterfly in a chrysalis, the fight for new beginnings (revival) is a task in itself, and an act of metamorphosis (the trials causing both mental and physical anguish).

etc etc. that's how i imagine resurrection via lazarus pit to be.

[wolf-tail]

Some of the 40k fandom can be so lame about the concept of Astartes who happen to be girls. You're telling me that gene-seed can mutate enough that the Black Dragons have fucking bone spikes coming out of their skin, but it can't be modified just a little bit to implant it in someone with a uterus???

And even if that's true (which would still be utter BS to me) you're telling me that not ONE Space Marine found the thought of being called a Battle Sister instead of a Battle Brother appealing???

You're telling me that the Primarchs wouldn't be just as proud of their daughters as they are of their sons?

You're telling me that Leman Russ wouldn't brag about how many xenos his she-wolves killed???

For shame!

@hatefulhyena i know you'll understand me

[aeonophagic]

me, the jester, asked the court if yaoi could bloom even on a battlefield. the court was so kind as to even help me care for the fields for it to sprout and then bloom — is it my fault?

bonus

[shouldprobablybereading]

The only reason why both shallan and adolin are still alive is because the two opposing forces of “all married men must kill their wives” and “shallan kills all her loved ones” are cancelling each other out

[rosalinesurvived]

and can I get a HE THOUGHT SOMEONE INTRISTICALLY EVIL HAD NO RIGHT TO BECOME A DETECTIVE YOU’RE NOT EVIL YOU JUST DON’T KNOW WHO YOU ARE YET THAT’S ALL STAND ON THE SIDE OF GOOD WITH US I AM OFFICIALLY WELCOMING YOU TO THE AGENCY YOU’VE PASSED FROM NOW ON YOU’RE A DETECTIVE

[martyrbat]

im so considerate.... (<- guy not ranting about a thing it hates before its friend is done with the media)

[simcardiac-arrested]

i'm curious, how do you feel abt the whole uuh, Michael reincarnated/his soul is stuck in glamrock freddy theory? if you've seen it floating around :0

yeah i’ve seen it around, my thoughts are that as an actual canon theory: it doesn’t make a lot of sense and just isn’t very interesting or compelling. like why exactly would mike be possessing freddy when they’ve never had any relation??? there’s no actual proof for it in the game or ANYTHING. glambear doesnt even act like mike At All people just came up with that theory because gregory looks like evan . but listen we have GOT TO LET THE AFTON FAMILY REST FOR REAL !!!! WE HAVE GOT TO LET MICHAEL REST HE HAS TO GOOOO !!!!!!! as an AU concept: sure why not. it can be interesting but also honestly i think a lot of people just Dont Understand how mike would act if he was actually possessing glamrock freddy. he would not be doing all that niceys fixing his mistakes and projecting shit he would be in the fucking torture labyrinth. having to deal with a kid that looks like his dead brother? Yeah he’s in the torture labyrinth. everyone include this in your mike is glamrock freddy au

[dirtytransmasc]

Rhaenyra is the rightful heir, do u support team green also because you think that aegon's claim is stronger because he is a man?

honestly, succession doesn't matter all that much to me, I'm not a political person even when it comes to fantasy shows. but let me have a spin at explaining my take.

Rhaenyra was the true heir, she was the first born and she was the named heir, I agree with that fully. but with the way we see her act, I personally don't think she would have been a good queen. she tends to expect a lot of others, give little in return except she she's desperate for aid, and picks self benefit over what's best for the realm (having multiple bastards, "killing off" her husband in place of another that will weaken her ally ship with the velaryon's, running of to dragonstone, etc.) and then will harm those who threaten to topple her house of cards (putting the blame and wanting the torture of a child after her own son cut out his eye, asserting her son onto the Driftmark throne even when he had no claim, killing an innocent man who stated a simple fact, etc.). I think she would have ruled with fear and very irresponsibly. at the end of the day, my thing is, is that Rhaenyra was never prepared for the throne and was coddled (that's Viserys's issues) and she was unfit for the throne because she could never seem to out the realm before her and her children. Daemon is also insanely cruel and rouge and Rhaenyra refuses to put him on a fucking leash which is another massive problem (if he could stop killing people that would be great in my opinion)

Now, do I think Aegon has a better claim cause he's male? no, I think men and women are equally capable of ruling. do I think Aegon would be any better? no not really. I do think that with the counsel of his mother, who served in Viserys's place for years and always thought of everyone else (the court, house, allied houses, and the realm while also thinking about image, money, etc), his wife (who was beloved by the people and had their interests in mind), Aemond (who was an excellent warrior and was well studied for the task of being king), Otto (if he could pull his head out of his ass was one of the best hands. key word, if, but it stands for something. he understood and played the game of politics for years), and Criston (he definitely wasn't made to be hand, no matter how much I love him, but he was always a good inside ally to the greens) could help him rule much better than Daemon could for Rhaenyra and many of her allies were similarly not well suited (most not all). again, Aegon and his court would be far from perfect, but they were much better suited for the task in my opinion.

but at the end of the day, the Targaryen dynasty was crumbling, rotting away day by day. I don't think either side could have saved it, I think both had flaws that were ingrained to their core. while Aegon's line might have kept it alive a wee bit longer, it wouldn't be substantial. war and bloodshed was biting at their heels and total death and destruction hovered over their shoulders.

neither was fit to be heir. Rhaenyra being the rightful heir by both birthright and by claim through Viserys doesn't make up for her not being fit. Aegon having a cock doesn't make up for him being unfit. that's the moral of the story.

I'm not pro green cause I think Aegon deserved the throne, I'm team green cause they're more interesting in my opinion, they also just happen to be my pick if I'm forced to pick a side in the war.

in a perfect world they would have come together as an actual godforsaken family, say their overdue apologies, strengthen the house as a whole, made up for the years of infighting and ruled together through Rhaenyra, that personally what I want, but it'll never happen in a million years. so yeah, that's my take on the succession war. throughout the whole timeline I may shift closer to one side than the other, but 90% of the time I was with team green, even when I wanted nothing more for Aegon to be allowed to run away to essos

[bowser14456]

My message to every character in Miraculous:

[five-hour-anxiety]

I really want to writ a miraculous ladybug au not because I love the source material, but because I love the potential it has. like the lore isn't super fleshed out but it could be and it could be so fun to explore and expand on! and I want to write a good version of Marinette, because canon Marinette (and every other character for that matter) is a very badly written character and I just think this entire world deserves so much more.

[whentheynameyoujoy]

“El doesn’t need to be in a relationship in order to be happy. Now here’s an essay on why by.er is go because Wil doesn’t have worth unless he’s in a relationship with this specific person.”

I just

Why is it that every time woke language is dragged into any kind of shipping discourse it ends up undermining the exact point that’s being attempted to be made?

[alphie-in-the-sky]

[boopsterliv]

I choose to live in a reality where Kendra is alive and thriving and in a relationship with Faith, thank you very much.

[rosykims]

having elspeth's whole blight schedule planned to the last minute detail has opened my third fourth and fifth eyes all simultaneously but on the flip side it means ive also inadvertantly cockblocked her from her mans until like. ⅗ of the way through of the game lol

[marypsue]

not to be a horrible shipper all over your plotfic but what would the ships look like in your ageswap au?

The sample I posted does rather invite the question!

I should put out there, as a general rule, I'm not all that interested in Mike/Will and I don't have plans to write it anywhere. I don't really vibe with it, generally, and I believe I've mentioned previously (but maybe only in tags) that I really hate the way the Duffers conceived of and have been handling the possibility that Will might be gay. And many of the ways parts of the fandom have acted in response. I get that it's important to some people, and I don't want to rain on anybody's parade, but I've seen so much bad behaviour from the showrunners all the way down that it's pretty firmly put me off.

With that said, though. This fic was undertaken before I'd had much exposure to the fandom, and also, the roleswap plays...well, a role. I'm a sucker for a good triad relationship, especially the Monster Hunting Trio, and in this version of things, that's Mike and El and Will. So this is probably the only time you're ever going to see me writing reciprocated romantic feelings between Mike and Will. It's just that El is also there. And the entire context of their previous relationships with each other has changed. It feels different. I don't know. I'm operating on vibes, here.

Also because of the roleswap, this is one of those rare places where I'm not mashing Steve and Nancy and Jonathan's faces all together. Nancy and Jonathan are the Hopper and Joyce of this fic, and Steve is the Karen Wheeler. He'll be fine in his loveless marriage while the other two are off having fantastic post-saving-the-world sex. Maybe he'll have an ill-advised affair in the future. Who can say.

(Also Nancy and Barb had a brief on-again-off-again fling post-Nancy's-divorce, which has been over for some time as of the action taking place. Long enough for Barb to find a more stable relationship with the other local lesbian...)

I'm pretty sure that's it, as far as romance goes. Apart from the teen squad, it's pretty secondary to the plot in season 1, and I'm sticking with that. (Also, I need lots of time and space to fully mine the hilarity of Steve being Mike's literal actual father.)

[noxtivagus]

can you hear me crying!!!!